[ANN] Mellow Ads - simple, bitcoin advertising. Network/CPM/CPC. Free faucet!

[baztardo]

Great news, we will try the publish side now. But if we both publish and advertise, can we restrict our own ads to not show in our own adspaces?

Sorry, there isn't any way to restrict this currently. We will have a look at it though, and see if there's a simple way this can be done.

If the ad is tied to their publisher account, just make it to where AdvertiserID!=xyz. Pseudocode, of course. I find this pretty important as well.

thanks. Yes, its relatively easy for us to detect when you are both the advertiser and publisher. However we would need to make this optional as some advertisers may actually want their ads to appear in their own ad spaces. And if they have multiple sites/ad spaces then they may want it to appear in some but not others!
Also there would be complex implications to the network pool. Say you have bought a network campaign which should get you around 50% of the daily views, but you don't want it to appear on your own ad spaces which are providing 25% of the daily views. Does that mean your ads should suffer and only get 25% of the views?

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[joele]

It would be awesome for the publishers if there is an estimated earning per ad space showing in real time.

[ranlo]

Great news, we will try the publish side now. But if we both publish and advertise, can we restrict our own ads to not show in our own adspaces?

Sorry, there isn't any way to restrict this currently. We will have a look at it though, and see if there's a simple way this can be done.

If the ad is tied to their publisher account, just make it to where AdvertiserID!=xyz. Pseudocode, of course. I find this pretty important as well.

thanks. Yes, its relatively easy for us to detect when you are both the advertiser and publisher. However we would need to make this optional as some advertisers may actually want their ads to appear in their own ad spaces. And if they have multiple sites/ad spaces then they may want it to appear in some but not others!
Also there would be complex implications to the network pool. Say you have bought a network campaign which should get you around 50% of the daily views, but you don't want it to appear on your own ad spaces which are providing 25% of the daily views. Does that mean your ads should suffer and only get 25% of the views?

Good question. This could actually be fixed by charging based on the ads shown. So in the above case, let's say that advertiser paid 10 mBTC. Their ads are only shown on 25% of the pages, you would actually only be charged 7.5 mBTC. Not 100% sure how this would work out in execution, but brainstorming, .

[naturelle]

It would be awesome for the publishers if there is an estimated earning per ad space showing in real time.

I agree some real-time stats would be key, once a day just doesn't cut it
Also I can't wait until CPC campaigns are available

[ranlo]

It would be awesome for the publishers if there is an estimated earning per ad space showing in real time.

I agree some real-time stats would be key, once a day just doesn't cut it
Also I can't wait until CPC campaigns are available

The issue with an estimated earning is that every ad space is different, and it would fluctuate constantly anyways due to traffic patterns and advertisers.

[naturelle]

It would be awesome for the publishers if there is an estimated earning per ad space showing in real time.

I agree some real-time stats would be key, once a day just doesn't cut it
Also I can't wait until CPC campaigns are available

The issue with an estimated earning is that every ad space is different, and it would fluctuate constantly anyways due to traffic patterns and advertisers.

I guess only way for it to work is once CPM and CPC is available

[ONLYfree]

I would like to ask when revenue is credited on account balance? For publishers I mean.. I have some visitors, some clicks but balance still 0 BTC

Thanks

[baztardo]

I would like to ask when revenue is credited on account balance? For publishers I mean.. I have some visitors, some clicks but balance still 0 BTC

Thanks

Ok here goes

At the end of each day we calculate...
A total unique views provided by each ad space that day
B total unique views for all the ad spaces - so the sum of A for all ad spaces
C total paid into the network pool by advertisers that day multiplied by 90% (the other 10% is the Mellow Ads fee)

Then the amount we will pay to each ad space is (A ÷ B) × C

Example
As a very simplified example say there are just 2 ad spaces...

Alpha: gets 1000 unique views
Beta: gets 500 unique views

So B = 1000 + 500 = 1500

And say that 0.1 BTC was paid in to the network pool by advertisers, then C = 0.1 × 90% = 0.09 BTC

Then at the end of the day...

Alpha is paid (1000 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.06 BTC
Beta is paid (500 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.03 BTC
(And Mellow Ads retains 0.01 BTC)

[naturelle]

I would like to ask when revenue is credited on account balance? For publishers I mean.. I have some visitors, some clicks but balance still 0 BTC

Thanks

Ok here goes

At the end of each day we calculate...
A total unique views provided by each ad space that day
B total unique views for all the ad spaces - so the sum of A for all ad spaces
C total paid into the network pool by advertisers that day multiplied by 90% (the other 10% is the Mellow Ads fee)

Then the amount we will pay to each ad space is (A ÷ B) × C

Example
As a very simplified example say there are just 2 ad spaces...

Alpha: gets 1000 unique views
Beta: gets 500 unique views

So B = 1000 + 500 = 1500

And say that 0.1 BTC was paid in to the network pool by advertisers, then C = 0.1 × 90% = 0.09 BTC

Then at the end of the day...

Alpha is paid (1000 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.06 BTC
Beta is paid (500 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.03 BTC
(And Mellow Ads retains 0.01 BTC)

Clicks aren't counted yet right? but will be in the near future?

[baztardo]

I would like to ask when revenue is credited on account balance? For publishers I mean.. I have some visitors, some clicks but balance still 0 BTC

Thanks

Ok here goes

At the end of each day we calculate...
A total unique views provided by each ad space that day
B total unique views for all the ad spaces - so the sum of A for all ad spaces
C total paid into the network pool by advertisers that day multiplied by 90% (the other 10% is the Mellow Ads fee)

Then the amount we will pay to each ad space is (A ÷ B) × C

Example
As a very simplified example say there are just 2 ad spaces...

Alpha: gets 1000 unique views
Beta: gets 500 unique views

So B = 1000 + 500 = 1500

And say that 0.1 BTC was paid in to the network pool by advertisers, then C = 0.1 × 90% = 0.09 BTC

Then at the end of the day...

Alpha is paid (1000 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.06 BTC
Beta is paid (500 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.03 BTC
(And Mellow Ads retains 0.01 BTC)

Clicks aren't counted yet right? but will be in the near future?

Clicks don't affect revenue from network campaigns at all - they are just shown for information at the moment.
They will become useful to advertisers later when we have CPM and CPC campaigns available.

[naturelle]

Awesome stuff, keep it up baztardo!

[Josef27]

I would like to ask when revenue is credited on account balance? For publishers I mean.. I have some visitors, some clicks but balance still 0 BTC

Thanks

Ok here goes

At the end of each day we calculate...
A total unique views provided by each ad space that day
B total unique views for all the ad spaces - so the sum of A for all ad spaces
C total paid into the network pool by advertisers that day multiplied by 90% (the other 10% is the Mellow Ads fee)

Then the amount we will pay to each ad space is (A ÷ B) × C

Example
As a very simplified example say there are just 2 ad spaces...

Alpha: gets 1000 unique views
Beta: gets 500 unique views

So B = 1000 + 500 = 1500

And say that 0.1 BTC was paid in to the network pool by advertisers, then C = 0.1 × 90% = 0.09 BTC

Then at the end of the day...

Alpha is paid (1000 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.06 BTC
Beta is paid (500 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.03 BTC
(And Mellow Ads retains 0.01 BTC)

I'm new on mellow ads,
so putting 2 banners on a same page still counted as 1 unique visit? Is it per ad space or per site?

[baztardo]

I would like to ask when revenue is credited on account balance? For publishers I mean.. I have some visitors, some clicks but balance still 0 BTC

Thanks

Ok here goes

At the end of each day we calculate...
A total unique views provided by each ad space that day
B total unique views for all the ad spaces - so the sum of A for all ad spaces
C total paid into the network pool by advertisers that day multiplied by 90% (the other 10% is the Mellow Ads fee)

Then the amount we will pay to each ad space is (A ÷ B) × C

Example
As a very simplified example say there are just 2 ad spaces...

Alpha: gets 1000 unique views
Beta: gets 500 unique views

So B = 1000 + 500 = 1500

And say that 0.1 BTC was paid in to the network pool by advertisers, then C = 0.1 × 90% = 0.09 BTC

Then at the end of the day...

Alpha is paid (1000 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.06 BTC
Beta is paid (500 ÷ 1500) × 0.09 = 0.03 BTC
(And Mellow Ads retains 0.01 BTC)

I'm new on mellow ads,
so putting 2 banners on a same page still counted as 1 unique visit? Is it per ad space or per site?

Per ad space. So for each new user that visits your page you will get 1 unique visit added to each ad space

[naturelle]

My dashboard won't load, just sits there

[baztardo]

My dashboard won't load, just sits there

Try logging out and then back in again. I think this can happen if your session has expired.

[naturelle]

Tried that and also a different browser and still the same issue

[dezoel]

Tried that and also a different browser and still the same issue

clear your cache and try again!

[naturelle]

Tried that and also a different browser and still the same issue

clear your cache and try again!

I did and still same issue, even tried on my mobile for the first time and same issue

[ranlo]

Tried that and also a different browser and still the same issue

clear your cache and try again!

I did and still same issue, even tried on my mobile for the first time and same issue

Weird problem. I've still not run into this, regardless of platform. Have you tried clicking around to see if it's on every page or just a specific one?

[naturelle]

Tried that and also a different browser and still the same issue

clear your cache and try again!

I did and still same issue, even tried on my mobile for the first time and same issue

Weird problem. I've still not run into this, regardless of platform. Have you tried clicking around to see if it's on every page or just a specific one?

Ya it's very strange and only happens for the dashboard all other pages are loading fine

Ps. I think admin disabled my account for some reason?? I created a new account and dashboard loads up fine
baztardo care to explain what is going on?